Stage 3 Kidney Disease Life Expectancy

Internationally, doctors judge the damage degree of kidney disease by GFR( glomerular filtration rate) besides serum creatine. According to GFR( glomerular filtration rate), CKD(Chronic Kidney Disease) can be divided into five stages. The normal range of GFR( glomerular filtration rate) is 80 to 120 ml/(min•1.73㎡), which shows the volumn of blood which flows into kidney per minute. GFR is a very scientific index which indicates how kidney is damaged and in other words, it shows how the renal function is.
In the first stage, GFR is normal or high, which is more than 90 ml/(min•1.73㎡). Patients may have no symptoms because of the strong ability of compensation of the kidney.
In the second stage, GFR declines to 60～90ml/(min•1.73㎡). In the third stage, GFR declines to 30～59ml/(min•1.73㎡). Patients fall into renal failure stage based on Chinese traditional standard. The serum creatinine rises to 442 to 707μmol/L(5～8mg/dl). The creatinine clearance rate declines to 20 to 10 ml/min. BUN ( blood urea nitrogen) increased to 179～286mmol/L(50～80mg/dl).
In the fourth stage, GFR declines to 15 to 29 ml/(min•1.73㎡). The fifth stage of CKD is that GFR declines to less than ml/(min•1.73㎡). We can also say that patients develop into uremia stage. They can suffer from symptoms in nerve system, digestive system, blood system, and so on.
Patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 can also have some symptoms. They will suffer from anemia, balance disorders of water, electrolyte and acid-base. Suffering from these, patients with CKD(Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 even loose confidence.
So patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 want to know life expectancy. How long will I live? Is the future fearful really? Absolutely not. Experts in kidney disease field point out that in most time, patients with CKD(Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 can not receive scientific treatment and the medicine just focus on the symptoms such as hormone, immunosuppressive agent. They focus on dimishing the symptoms and once patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 have got an infection such as cold, symptoms will recur again. What’s worse, it makes patients depressed and even hopeless. But do not worry because there is also a new therapy which maybe you have not heard of it before but it really can bring you new hope.
Chinese Medicine can promote the blood circulation and dissolve the stasis in the blood, creating a clearer inner environment. Secondly, Chinese Medicine contains many active and nutritious substances, which can repair the damaged intrinsic cells and prevent proteins and red blood cells, etc from leaking out fundamentally. After more than one months’ treatment in hospital, patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 should apply Chinese Medicine for another more than 3 months to consolidate the effect. So the total treatment may take 4 months.
So there is no need to worry. In stage 3, the damage in kidney is not so serious. In other words, it can be treated well as long as the treatment is effective and timely.
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